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Wildfires threaten Yosemite other western communities

2014-09-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Christian Science Monitor: Autumn may be in the air, but the summer fire season continues to threaten communities and natural resources around the West. A 300-acre wildfire just outside Yosemite National Park in California, discovered Friday, prompted authorities to order the evacuation of hundreds of about 700 homes and the closure of some roads in the area. By midday Saturday, the fire was 25 percent contained. Farther north in bone-dry California, the Happy Camp complex of fires west of Yreka, which began nearly four...

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Firefighters make progress battling blaze near California's Yosemite

2014-09-07 06:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Crews battling a wildfire on the outskirts of Yosemite National Park in central California reported progress Saturday containing the blaze and evacuation orders were lifted for all but a handful of about 700 homes, officials said. The blaze, named the Bridge Fire, was 60 percent contained and holding steady at 300 acres (120 hectares), one day after it erupted in Mariposa County near Oakhurst, some 14 miles (22.5 kilometers) southwest of the national park, according to the California Department...

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California wildfire near Yosemite prompts evacuation of 700 homes

2014-09-06 09:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Crews battling a wildfire on the outskirts of Yosemite National Park in central California reported progress Saturday containing the blaze though evacuation orders for about 700 homes remain in effect, officials said. The blaze, named the Bridge Fire, was 25 percent contained and holding steady at 300 acres (120 hectares), one day after it erupted in Mariposa County near Oakhurst, some 14 miles (22.5 kilometers) southwest of the national park, according to the California Department of Forestry and...

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Firefighters in California gain ground against Yosemite blaze

2014-07-29 23:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Firefighters gained ground on Tuesday against a blaze burning on the western edge of Yosemite National Park and an adjacent national forest, where flames have forced the evacuation of several dozen homes and the closure of three campgrounds. The El Portal fire has scorched more than 3,000 acres since it erupted on Saturday, destroying a duplex home and threatening dozens of other dwellings around the western park boundary, a spokesman for the federal fire command said. By Tuesday morning, a...

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